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No. 692,773. Patented Feb. 4, |902.

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ZITHER.

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No. 692,773. Patented Feb. 4, |902.

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ZITHER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL EMIL FIEDLER, OF KLINGENTHAL, GERMANY.

ZITHER.

SPECIFICATION forming parl'. 0f Letters Patent N0. 692,773, dated February 4, 1902.

Application filed September 6, 1901. Serial No. 74,582. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL EMIL FIEDLER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Klingenthal, Saxony, Germany, have iuvented certain new and useful Improvements in Zithers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to zithers,and has for its object to provide improved means whereby it is possible to very conveniently locate the strings in playing'the instrument to produce a great volume of sound and to render the Whole arrangement more effective.

- vided to correspond with the strings employed and with the object of facilitating their location when playing. Bridges d are provided on each of the faces ofthe board d and are secured in position by the plates b b and are capable of removal into various positions, as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3. In any, position the bridges d are supported by means of a transverse bridge c within the sounding-board.

The strings are secured to pins e e at the base of the sounding-board and pass over the bridges d on each side, as illustrated. The pins e., are covered by means of the base-piece h, which hinges on one side at g and is fastened at the opposite side by any suitable means. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A Zither comprising a hollow double-faced sounding-board having an opening there= through, strings passing across said opening on each face of the board, a scale on the bottom wall of the opening indicating the strings bythe corresponding notes, adjustable trans'- verse bridgeson the outside of the board for supporting the strings, and a bridge with-in the board at right angles with and supporting the outer bridges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

l CARL EMIL FIEDLER.

In presence of- ERNs'r BUCKMANN, FRANZ ED LUDWIG. 

